A reasonable president wouldn’t organize military parade

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Americans should have seen Trump’s idea of a military parade glorifying the “Dear Leader” coming when, early on, Trump said it “would be an honor” to meet with Kim Jong Un, and when he had nothing ill to say about the dictator and head of the Russian Mafia, the largest criminal organization in the world, Vladimir Putin.

Both of these tyrants have elaborate military parades. And when we saw China’s Communist leader Xi Jinping entertain Trump with pomp and circumstance in his visit to China after Trump was personally awarded 39 trademarks from China for the Trump family businesses since Trump took office, Trump reciprocated with dropping any talk about declaring China a currency manipulator, as he promised before the election. Funny what money in your pocket will do to your campaign promises.

President Trump offered the suggestion of having a parade to honor U.S. military.

President Trump offered the suggestion of having a parade to honor U.S. military.

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But these are the actions of a tyrannical want-to-be. So Trump’s military parade fits right into the psychology of a boy-king who is suffering from a malignant narcissistic personality disorder, who only wants to be praised and glorified as the tyrant he thinks he is.

President Trump's request for a military parade brings questions from veterans, lawmakers and a parade expert over what it would say about the US. (Feb. 7)

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The parade will cost tens of millions of dollars. Washington streets are not designed for tanks and heavy military equipment to be rolling along, but this is of no concern to Trump; it is solely for his own glory and the glory of his supporters.

Trump has great admiration for dictators and autocrats like Putin, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping. He wants to be like them.

Would Dwight Eisenhower or Harry Truman have done such a thing? In the time of expanding budget deficits, would any sane person do such a thing? The answer is clearly “No.” But then again, a sane person does not occupy the White House.